The Charles Becomes a Wizard

With Sebastian's help, Charles sat down at the end of the long table. After he sat down, he found that there seemed to be a huge stage in front of him. There was a dark blue curtain made of heavy velvet on the stage, making it impossible to see what was behind.

"Here they come." Ciel was concentrating on observing the surroundings when Sebastian suddenly reminded him in a low voice.

The next second, Ciel saw Joker walking towards the door.

The door opens.

A man sitting in a wheelchair, his face wrapped in bandages and his features unclear, was pushed in by two children who were no more than five or six years old.

"You, it's really you..." The man's tone was excited. He looked around and then spoke with some disappointment. "Aren't Count Phantomhive and your brother here with you?"

But he was not disappointed for long. His eyes, which were fixed on Charles' face, widened and soon became excited again.

"Ah, it's like a dream. You are so close to me." Baron Kelpien said to himself. He lowered his eyes slightly, circled his thick fingers around his chest, and looked shy.

"I'm so embarrassed to see you like this."

"Are you Baron Kelpien?" Charles ignored him.

"Ah, that's right. It's really embarrassing to be addressed by you in such a formal way." Baron Kelpien said with a smile.

"I've prepared a wonderful dinner for you."

Then he picked up the bell that lay on the table and gave it a gentle shake.

The door of the room was pushed open again, and girls in maid costumes quietly walked in from outside, pushing a food cart full of food. Behind them were several boys in well-fitting suits.

Joker slowly walked over to Ciel and poured him a glass of red wine.

"This is the red wine produced in the year you were born," Baron Kelbin looked at Charles without blinking, "Isn't it a bit too deliberate?"

Ciel didn't say anything, but Sebastian took a sip from the wine glass: "There shouldn't be any poison in the wine."

Ciel frowned slightly as he looked at the meal that the children had placed on the long table with great difficulty.

"Hmph, you don't need to test the poison. I won't even touch the food offered by mice."

Compared to this, these kids...

Ciel's eyes fell on the children's faces and his brows furrowed even more tightly.

Sebastian noticed Ciel's gaze, followed his line of sight, and nodded in understanding: "It seems that in addition to the information we got from the police, there are other victims."

"But, the way they look..." Something is clearly wrong.

"By the way! It would be boring if we just eat, right?" Baron Kelpien, who was sitting on the other side of the long table, suddenly said loudly.

"Joker, hurry up and prepare that!"

That? Ciel looked at Joker, whose expression suddenly changed, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"But, but..."

"Stop talking nonsense and do it quickly!" Baron Kelpien reached out and grabbed a lobster, took a big bite, and chewed it loudly.

Joker gritted his teeth and whispered, "Yes..."

He jumped onto the stage in a few steps, and a slender cane appeared in his hand and formed a flower on his fingertips.

"Welcome, Master Phantomhive."

"You are specially invited to a dazzling world of joy tonight!" He pointed lightly with the cane in his hand, and the curtain behind him rose up.

Appearing in front of Charles were a dozen children standing in a row, wearing circus costumes and masks so that their faces could not be seen.

"First, it's tightrope walking." Joker raised his arm and motioned for Ciel to look up, explaining, "There's absolutely no protective measures, it's the real deal..."

Before he could finish his words, the child standing on the wire stepped on empty air and fell from mid-air. His small body hit the ground hard with a crisp sound and blood splattered everywhere.

"What!" Charles opened his eyes wide in disbelief.

The Joker on the stage bit his lower lip hard, trying to suppress the reluctance in his heart.

The child who fell to the ground was dragged off the stage by another child by his legs, leaving only a long trail of blood on the stage.

The most disturbing thing was that the children around did not have any reaction that normal people would have, they just stood there quietly.

Fear? Terror? Screaming? None of that.

It was as if the dead child was just an insignificant speck of dust in the air.

Baron Kelpien clapped his hands vigorously and even laughed out loud, seeming to enjoy the performance very much.

Then a cage with gorgeous carvings was pushed up by the children. The middle of the cage was separated by a thin baffle. On one side stood a skinny little boy, and on the other side stood a ferocious lion.

"Next, there will be an animal taming show. The cruel and hungry lion and our tamer will show you..."

Joker introduced it in a cheerful tone. As he spoke, the baffle in the cage was pulled open by the child standing outside, and the lion pounced on it without hesitation...

The smell of blood in the room suddenly became stronger.

The sound of the beast's sharp teeth tearing its prey made Joker clench his teeth hard, his fingers tightly grasping the cane in his palm, and his knuckles turned slightly white.

Big drops of cold sweat rolled down his forehead, and he could hardly keep the smile on his face. He wanted to give up and escape from this place immediately, but the applause from Baron Kelvin in the audience became more intense, and the rough laughter urged him to continue with the next performance.

He should be filial to his father...

Their father gave them the life they have now...

He should obey his father's arrangements...

"Then, throwing darts, what is the fate of the girl..."

The children once again pushed out a disc from the backstage and tied one of them to the disc.

Opposite them, a boy wearing strange pants raised a flying knife in his hand that was flashing with a cold light, and threw it straight out without any intention of aiming.

"Sebastian! Stop him!" Seeing the knife about to pierce the girl's body, Charles ordered loudly.

A black shadow flashed by, and Sebastian suddenly appeared in the center of the stage. He caught the sharp throwing knife between two fingers and threw it aside casually.

"You, how could you..." Joker took a step back unconsciously, looking at him in disbelief.

Sebastian walked forward and untied the mask of the girl tied to the disc. After comparing it with the information in his hand, he turned and said to Ciel.

"Yes, it's the girl who disappeared in Kanger County before."

"Kidnap the kids to perform this kind of show."

"I see. So there is this kind of performance method in circus?"